Results: 80% want Tokyo Games cancelled or delayed: Japanese survey
Published on 01/18/2021
About 80% of people in Japan say this year’s Tokyo Olympics should be cancelled or delayed as worries mount about a record surge in coronavirus cases across the country, a Kyodo News poll showed on Sunday.
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The world's biggest multi-sports event, postponed last year due to the pandemic, is scheduled to be held from July 23-Aug. 8 in the Japanese capital. Do you think the Olympics should be delayed again?
Yes
54%
1633 votes
No
17%
507 votes
Undecided
29%
860 votes
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Do you typically watch the Olympics? Summer Olympics
52%
1559 votes
Winter Olympics
51%
1531 votes
Paralympics
8%
250 votes
Not Applicable
37%
1118 votes
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But organizers will not yet explain entry requirements for Japan, whether vaccinations will be mandatory, how many spectators allowed into stadia, if the Olympic Village will be sequestered into bubbles, live press conferences held and so on. Should vaccinations be mandatory in order to participate in or attend the Olympics? Yes
58%
1752 votes
No
16%
469 votes
Undecided
26%
779 votes
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Would you be upset if vaccinations were redirected to people participating in and attending the Olympics? Yes
34%
1017 votes
No
36%
1082 votes
Undecided
30%
901 votes
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If you normally watch the Olympics, and they go ahead this year, would you boycott them? Yes
9%
261 votes
No
47%
1420 votes
Undecided
15%
437 votes
Not Applicable
29%
882 votes
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